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Posted by expat on February 13, 2008, 9:34 pm
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> > Hello fishy folks.
> > Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
> > sale.
> > All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
> > again.
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> =A0That is a good sale! =A0:-))) =A0We have a Petland here now, but the fi=
sh dept.
> stinks. =A0PetsMart has the best fish and I can't wait for the new store, =
only
> 10 minutes from us, opens. They're supposed to open by the end of the mont=
h.
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> > Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
> > like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
> > the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
> > stores across the country (US).
> > I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
> > They look lovely in the 75g.
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> I gave up on them. I can't keep them alive even in the 50/50 rain-tap wate=
r
> I'm now using.
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> > Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
> > one (forget company name).
> > The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
> > filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or
> > as close to it as possible).
> > They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
> > old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free
> > one!
> > I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
> > 10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
> > There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
> > must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
> > 10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in
> > a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't
> > have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
> > doesn't have an attached top anymore.
> > My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the
> > workers took it out for to hold.
> > She was in heaven!
> > Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I
> > cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
> > she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
> > So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. =3D )
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> I could have sent you all my ancient but still running Aquaclears for new
> ones!!!!!!!!!!!! =A0 =A0:-O =A0They're starting to show their age now. =A0=
They're
> just worn out (some are over 20 years old).
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> RM....
> Zone 6. =A0Middle TN USA
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I still have an old and I and I do mean old "Dyna Clear" filter that
is still used and it still works great........right now its in
retirement since I took most all tanks down.
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